Dräger Offers a Comprehensive Choice of Fire Training Systems to Fit Any Budget
—When responding to a fire, the experience and skills learned during training can save lives. Still firefighters need reliable equipment that is maintained correctly. Our comprehensive professional firefighter training and instructional seminars are tailored to the unique needs of both firefighters and technicians, and meet the specific requirements of individual fire departments.
The collection of Dräger fire training systems is extensive with options that will fit the budget for your fire department, community college, fire academy or other needs.
Today's Fires Burn Hotter and Faster, Making Flashovers a Danger to Firefighters
Why are flashover conditions developing more often and rapidly in today’s fires? Homes today are more efficient at holding in heat, and contain more furnishings made from synthetic materials. These conditions contribute to fires that can quickly lead to flashover conditions.
Today’s firefighters also respond to fewer structure fires. While positive, this means less field experience, making live fire training even more important. As the exclusive manufacturer of Swede Systems, Dräger is committed to providing information that will keep you safe, prepared, and ultimately, one step ahead.
Dräger Is the Only Source of Genuine Swede Survival Burn Buildings
After two Firefighters in Sweden lost their lives to flashover in 1986, the Swedish government asked the country’s Rescue Service to develop a burn behavior program that included flashover training. The intent of the program was to help Firefighters recognize extreme fire behavior and avoid injuries and death.
Dräger brought this live-fire training program to North America in 1990 and delivered hundreds of systems in the U.S. and Canada to fire departments, fire academies, community colleges, airports, military agencies, and more. Dräger Swede Systems (Burn Buildings) and Dräger certified instructional training programs have been designed and delivered in accordance with training methods developed by the Swedish Rescue Services Agency through the Swedish Rescue Training Center.
Every Dräger Burn Building fire training simulator provides real-world fire conditions and scenarios. The container-based Class A burn structures include is a comprehensive train-the-trainer course with qualified, experienced instructors. The Swede system enables Firefighters to incrementally develop knowledge of fire behavior and skills for fire control and suppression while advancing through six available skill center.
Class A or Class B Live-Fire Training
Among the choices confronting every organization is whether to select a training unit that's Class A or Class B. Here's some of the considerations that should figure into these decisions. A conversation with a product specialist from Dräger can help you make the right decision for your needs.
Class A
Class A training systems use wood or wood products to generate a realistic live fire. Usually using oriented strand board (OSB), wood pallets, or similar products, Class A systems are designed to generate predictable, reproducible fires with accurate flames and smoke behavior. This is especially true when wanting to highlight a flashover experience, where to smoke itself ignites. With any fire that produces smoke, toxic gases are introduced and requires gas monitoring to assure support personnel are not in proximity without proper breathing protection.
Class B
Class B training systems use propane, natural gas, or similar fuel to create the fire. Because these flammable gases tend to be cleaner burning, there's less toxic smoke introduced. Additionally, the lack of smoke may require a theatrical smoke system to appropriately simulate the behavior of a fire.
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Dräger and Grant Programs for Live-Fire Training Systems
A quality live-fire training system can be an invaluable training resource but a major item in any departmental budget. With increasingly fewer structural fires to serve as training grounds, we don’t think this crucial training should be out of reach.
The FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) program can help you get the latest training equipment and gain the real-world experience your department needs to protect themselves and the community.
Dräger gladly works with your department through the grants process. We've partnered with resources to make it as easy as possible.
Train the Trainers on Your Dräger Live-Fire System
When Dräger builds you one of our Fire Training Systems, the costs usually cover an extensive training course by one of our professional educators. All current or former firefighters with specialized trainings on the specific system purchased, our eductors travel to your site and work with your training team on learning everything that's required. Beyond learning how to create safe, reproducible training evolutions, every system includes a suggested curriculum.
If You Can Imagine It, Dräger Can Build It
—Dräger builds dozens of Fire Training Systems to fit the specific needs of a Fire Department, Training Academy, or Community College. Just contact us if you'd like to see some of the options available to you. Below is just a few of the systems built in recent years.
Custom Swede System, Montgomery County, Conroe, Texas USA
Custom Swede System, Woodstock Fire Department, Woodstock, Ontario Canada
Custom Swede System, Caddo Fire District 4, Keithville, Louisiana USA
Swede Phase 1, Santa Barbara, California USA
Dräger Swede System, Phase 5 Modified (1 of 7)
Dräger Swede System, Phase 5 Modified (2 of 7)
Dräger Swede System, Phase 5 Modified (3 of 7)
Dräger Swede System, Phase 5 Modified (4 of 7)
Dräger Swede System, Phase 5 Modified (5 of 7)
Dräger Swede System, Phase 5 Modified (6 of 7)
Dräger Swede System, Phase 5 Modified (7 of 7)
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Dräger Fire Training Systems Meet NFPA Recommendations
—NFPA 1402 provides guidelines for building fire training systems from the National Fire Protection Association. Dräger supports these standards and works to assure all of our training systems meet these recommendations. If you have an older system built prior to the adoption of these standards, Dräger's professionals are glad to visit your site to inspect for compliance to NFPA 1402.
More Fire Training Systems from Dräger
Dräger offers more than what we could contain on a website. Our Engineered Solutions organization can build a wide variety of training systems. Contact Us to learn more about these many options.
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Fire Training Systems from Dräger
The best way to learn how to fight a fire is by fighting real fires. Dräger provides safe, well-engineered live-fire training systems for a variety of training and budgets.
White Paper: The Flashover Phenomenon
Firefighting is inherently dangerous. However, through increased awareness and understanding of the science of fire, along with realistic fire training, the number of injuries and fatalities may be reduced. This educational whitepaper is designed to help firefighters understand the nature of the deadly phenomenon called flashover and help them recognize its warning signs.
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